At 4 a.m., while most of New Jersey slept, a Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist sat at his computer ...
Picture this: A sushi burrito wrapped in nori, stuffed with fresh tuna, avocado, and… kimchi. Or how about a pizza topped with tikka masala and mozzarella? These aren’t culinary identity crises – they ...
For nearly a century, scientists have been tantalized by the prospect of attaining an inexhaustible source of energy through nuclear fusion. Unfortunately, engineering a controlled environment where ...
Chris Hansen, senior research scientist in the William E. Boeing Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the University of Washington. (UW Photo) For decades, the promise of harnessing the power of ...
The promise of nuclear fusion feels simple. Just as stars fuse hydrogen into heavier elements to produce energy, a fusion reactor generates massive amounts of energy by combining lightweight particles ...